Blackpool sixth form college

A sixth form college is finally parting ways with a cash-strapped academy chain as it’s taken under the wing of an expanding education trust. The Connell Sixth Form College in Beswick confirmed plans to leave Bright Futures Educational Trust (BFET) after Government intervention last year. Education bosses have been looking for a suitable trust to take over the Connell since then. The Co-op Academies Trust, which already runs four high schools in Manchester and Salford, has now been chosen by the Department for Education (DfE) to run Connell. Pupils will be offered a mixture of both academic and vocational courses at the sixth form, Co-op leaders said. All existing Connell staff will be transferred to the Co-op Academies Trust, which runs a total of 12 academies in the Greater Manchester, Leeds and Stoke-on-Trent areas. Co-op trust bosses say there are no plans to make any roles redundant at Connell as a result of the rebrokerage. Frank Norris, director of the Co-op Academies … [Read more...] about Connell Sixth Form College to be taken over by the Co-op Academies Trust

Football legend “King” Kenny Dalglish has become Sir Kenny as he leads more than 1,000 people receiving gongs in the Queen’s Birthday Honours. The former Liverpool striker and manager, 67, is knighted for services to football, charity and the City of Liverpool. Also honoured are screen stars Emma Thompson and Keira Knightley, ex-University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne and rapper Ms Dynamite. The list is full of hundreds of unsung heroes, from counsellors and a Holocaust survivor to Britain's longest-serving poppy seller. But there are also fatcat bosses of Royal Mail and Network Rail whose gongs are likely to prompt accusations of rewards for failure. Here is the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours List in full. Honours in numbers In total, 1,057 people have received an award. Of the total number recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list this year, 210 have been made an OBE, 392 an MBE, and 318 awarded a BEM. There are always rows over gongs for cronies and … [Read more...] about Queen’s Birthday Honours full list for 2018

0 Have your say A singer from Over Wyre had a ‘crazy twist of fate’ when Alfie Boe rounded off his night by calling into the Highbury Sports and Social Club next to the football ground. Ella Coleman, 24, was singing at the club, and half way through her second set, Alfie walked in having finished his Homecoming concert.“I couldn’t believe it and just carried on singing on auto pilot as he came up onto the stage with me,” she said. “He then joked down the mic and said ‘Never mind that Alfie Boe next door, looks like a great night in here’.”The former Saint Aidan's Church of England High School and Blackpool Sixth Form College student recently moved to live with her boyfriend in Manchester, and works full time as a singer traveling up and down the country for gigs.She wasn't even aware of the Homecoming show taking place until her parents warned her about parking in the area on the night, when she told them she had a local … [Read more...] about Alfie crashes Ella’s gig after Homecoming concert

0 Have your say Coronation Street star Lucy Fallon has picked up another nomination for a top award. The young Cleveleys actress is now in the running for the best actress title at this year’s British Soap Awards, for her work as Bethany Platt in the Weatherfield-based drama.She’s vying for the title against her Corrie co-star Catherine Tyldesley who plays Eva Price, as well as Hollyoaks actress Anna Passey who plays Sienna Blake in Hollyoaks, Emmerdale’s Charity Dingle actress Emma Atkins and EastEnders star Lacey Turner as Stacey Fowler.Learning of her nomination, Lucy tweeted: “Thank you SO much to everyone who voted @itvcorrie at this years ‘soap awards’ SO HONOURED to be shortlisted for ‘best actress’ please please continue to support @itvcorrie”.A former Hodgson Academy and Blackpool Sixth Form College student, Lucy is represented by Scream Management, the casting agency of Blackpool-based Scream Theatre School, … [Read more...] about Lucy ‘honoured’ by latest award nomination

Art and photography students of Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College are bringing down the curtain on an era in impressive style. The current Year 13 students are the last at the college as it prepares to close its sixth form this summer.And all eight currently preparing for their art and photography A-levels have been selected to show off their work at a prestigious annual exhibition in Lytham.The Drawn From Youth display at the Fylde Gallery above Booths in Haven Road also features works by students from other Fylde coast schools and colleges, including AKS, Carr Hill, Blackpool Sixth Form College, Baines and Rossall.It is staged by The Arts Society Fylde and runs until April 19. Mike Lonsdale, head of art at Lytham St Annes Technology and Performing Arts College, said: “It’s a great showcase of work.” … [Read more...] about Students’ art in the frame